FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, file photo, Houston Texans quarterback Tom Savage (3) is checked by a referee after he was hit during the first half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers, in Houston. Savage left the game and it was later determined he had a concussion. On Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, the NFL announced a series of changes to the way possible concussions are handled during games following the incident in which Savage was allowed to return to the field after a hit left him on the ground, arms shaking. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, File)

HOUSTON (AP) — The NFL and the players’ union announced a series of changes Friday to the way potential concussions are handled during games following an ugly incident in which Texans quarterback Tom Savage was allowed to return to the field after a hit left him on the ground, arms shaking.

Polish skier Pawel Babicki arrives at finish line, completing the race after loosing one of his skis during the feared Stelvio downhill, in Bormio, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2018. Babicki decided to continue skiing all the way to the finish _ just like Miller did during the downhill portion of the combined at the 2005 world championships on the same course in Bormio. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — When Polish racer Pawel Babicki lost one of his skis during the feared Stelvio downhill, he instantly remembered Bode Miller’s single-ski stunt on the same course.

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, celebrates the only goal of the shootout in an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, in Washington. The Capitals won 4-3. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin got his 24th goal of the season and then scored in the shootout to help the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Thursday night.

File- This Dec. 16, 2017, file photo shows Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) warming up before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers in Kansas City, Mo. Mahomes, the former Texas Tech star chosen 10th overall in the 2017 draft, spent all season watching and waiting while Alex Smith led the league with a 104.7 passer rating and topped 4,000 yards passing for the first time in his 13th NFL season, and likely his last in Kansas City. Having clinched the middling AFC West again, the Chiefs (9-6) have the luxury of sneaking a peek at their future QB while treating Sunday's game as a bye before the playoffs begin. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

DENVER (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are taking the bubble wrap off rookie QB Patrick Mahomes II in their regular-season finale at Denver, where the Broncos are taking another look at Paxton Lynch , who’s in danger of being their most disappointing first-round pick since Marcus Nash in 1998.

LIENZ, Austria (AP) — Federica Brignone gave Italy its first women’s World Cup win of the season on Friday, one day after Dominik Paris got the Italian men’s team its first podium by winning the Bormio downhill.

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 1967, file photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr calls signals in bitter cold as he led the Packers to a win over the Dallas Cowboys in Green Bay, Wisc. Fifty years later, players from the Packers and Cowboys still shiver from memories of the bitter cold of a game that would become known as the Ice Bowl. (AP Photo/File)

The penultimate day of 1967 was as beautiful as it gets in Green Bay in late December. Chilly, yes, but the Dallas Cowboys enjoyed the sunshine as they practiced at Lambeau Field for their New Year’s Eve game against the Green Bay Packers.

File-This Dec. 14, 2017, file photo shows Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson (22) following center Matt Paradis (61) against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis. The Denver Broncos have nothing to play for Sunday against Kansas City except pride and personal milestones. Chief among them is Anderson reaching 1,000 yards rushing for the first time in his career. The fifth-year running back is 54 yards shy of becoming the franchise's first 1,000-yard rusher since Knowshown Moreno in 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have nothing to play for Sunday against Kansas City except pride and personal milestones such as C.J. Anderson adding “1,000-yard rusher ” to his resume.

Members of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates after a goal by defenseman Shea Theodore as Anaheim Ducks center Antoine Vermette skates by during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — No expansion team in NHL history has put together a streak like the one the Vegas Golden Knights are enjoying.